Background
Cooper, Franklin Seaney was born on April 29, 1908 in Robinson, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank A. and Myrtle Alma (Seaney) Cooper.
Cooper, Franklin Seaney was born on April 29, 1908 in Robinson, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank A. and Myrtle Alma (Seaney) Cooper.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, University of Illinois, 1931; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1936; Doctor of Science (honorary), Yale University, 1976.
Teaching and research assistant, University of Illinois, 1931-1934;
teaching and research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1934-1936;
research engineer, General Electric Research laboratories, 1936-1939;
associate research director, Haskins laboratories, New Haven, 1939-1955, 75-88;
president, research director, Haskins laboratories, New Haven, 1955-1975;
retired, Haskins laboratories, New Haven, 1989. Liaison officer, then senior liaison officer Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1941-1946. Visiting committee department modern languages Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1949-1965.
Advising committee research div.Coll. Engineering, New York University, 1949-1965. Board directors Center Applied Linguistics, 1968-1974.
Adjunct Professor phonetics Columbia University, 1955-1965. Adjunct Professor linguistics U. Connecticut, 1969-1980, visiting professor, 1980-1986. Senior research assoc.linguistics Yale University, 1970-1976.
Fellow Calhoun College, 1971-1980, associate fellow, since 1980. Advisory panel on White House tapes United States District Court District of Columbia, 1973-1974. Chairman communicative science interdisciplinary cluster President's biomedical Research Panel, 1975.
Member of advisory council National Institute for Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, 1978-1981. Member of advisory board National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health,1989-1991.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Pioneer award speech communication 1972), Acoustical Society of America (Silver medal speech communication 1975). Member National Academy Engineering, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Frances Edith Clem, February 14, 1935. Children: Robert Craig, Alan Kent.